500 (Classic) [Video] 1000+ Fiat 500's Parading at the 34th International meeting!
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500 (Classic) [Video] 1000+ Fiat 500's Parading at the 34th International meeting!
That looks like great fun.
A lot of the cars have those spacer hinges at the bottom of the engine cover to help with cooling; is that common in Italy?
Are many of the cars standard? I see a lot of fat tyres.
Is is common for them to be everyday cars...not too shiny and looking like they are used regularly? I guess there's long-distance award; you went a big distance
, how far was the longest journey to get there?
Apart from showing off the cars, what else happens?
A lot of the cars have those spacer hinges at the bottom of the engine cover to help with cooling; is that common in Italy?
Are many of the cars standard? I see a lot of fat tyres.
Is is common for them to be everyday cars...not too shiny and looking like they are used regularly? I guess there's long-distance award; you went a big distance
, how far was the longest journey to get there?Apart from showing off the cars, what else happens?
I wouldn't say it's common on the streets, but rather at the meetings. I guess people like the racey look of the open bonnet. And there are a ****load of people going for some kind of Abarth replica look when restoring 500's...
At the meeting there were all sorts of modded cars, but I had the pleasure to see amazing original ones, sometimes even preserved or restored with old spares... I even saw a Zanzara Zagato, which might be the rarest 500 derivate out there!
It most definately is, and there were a bunch like that at the meeting!
I drove 700 kilometers to get there (1600 for the whole trip including Monaco), the guy from Finland I interviewed in the other video allegedly drove 3800 kilometers!I guess there's long-distance award; you went a big distance
I am trying to make vids of everything that happened, but my real job is slowing that down
.There are a lot of things to do at the meeting, and I honestly didn't manage to even attend all the programmed events. What I actually did was: Drive to the beach of Alassio for a midnight swim and showing off the cars on the pier; Drive a 60 kilometers Grand Tour on closed roads in the mountains with police escort to go show off the cars in Imperia; the Parade you see in this video
I missed the drive to the waterpark do to interviews, and something else because I wanted to spend time at the spare parts market (which was amazing!)
There also are shows, live music, disco dancing and lots of beer at night if you want. And the Fiat 500 museum of Garlenda is free entrance for all the meeting participants
Thank you for sharing the video.
It's great to see everyone having a good time at a well organised event. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to ensure that everything runs smoothly and the many volunteers that run these events deserve a big thank you.
Perhaps I should make a note in my diary to take a road trip to the next birthday party!
The Italian authorities and Police appear to give a great deal of support to classic car clubs. I've seen videos of Fiat 500 parades through city centres where the Police have closed roads to other traffic and provided motorcycle out riders to ensure that the event runs safely. Was the event held at a sports arena or race track as it looked quite dusty? I expect a lot of traders attend selling original parts and 500 paraphernalia?
It's great to see everyone having a good time at a well organised event. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to ensure that everything runs smoothly and the many volunteers that run these events deserve a big thank you.
Perhaps I should make a note in my diary to take a road trip to the next birthday party!
The Italian authorities and Police appear to give a great deal of support to classic car clubs. I've seen videos of Fiat 500 parades through city centres where the Police have closed roads to other traffic and provided motorcycle out riders to ensure that the event runs safely. Was the event held at a sports arena or race track as it looked quite dusty? I expect a lot of traders attend selling original parts and 500 paraphernalia?
Everyone was great and I did my best to thank each one at the event, because they indeed deserved it!
For sure!
They closed roads for us and escorted us all the time, and made sure that every drive went on safely. And special thanks to the police for not giving a hard time to the bunch of cars that were in no way street legal
It's a horse racecourse! It was funny to look at people polishing cars before parading, considering the amout of dust we all had to eat
There was quite a cool spares market with every single part you might ever want or need, from alcantara seat covers to full race engines and slick tyres!
I am trying to make vids of everything that happened, but my real job is slowing that down
I know that feeling....work is the thing that slows down Fiat 500's the most.
Thank-you for taking the time to answer those questions so thoroughly. The events do sound really well organised and good fun. I must do a crash-course in Italian-speaking. Garlenda doesn't even seem all that far from the UK being in that top corner of Italy.
I suppose everyone should try to get there at least one time.